I am ordering an X25 and was wanting some pros and cons of getting a black or dark grey hull vs a white hull. My two previous MC's have both had white hulls and while they don't show scratches as badly, they do stain brown. So I'm trying to decide if I'd rather have scratches show or have to acid wash the boat to keep it white. Thoughts?

I have a Black hull - I thought I would hate it. Quite the opposite, I love it. Sure it's a little more maintenance, but they look awesome if you have MCOCD. I use a clay bar to remove stubborn water spots from silty lakes, then polish with. Mine had a wicked bad scratch on the bow. I used a kit from spectrumcolor.com to repair. Mine is white on the stern - I use Davis FSR or the claybar to remove the orange stains.

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White hull is harder to keep clean, but if you're MCOCD it won't be an issue.

Yeah, I'm that for sure but getting older... more kids, less time...you know the drill. Plus now that I store the boat in dry storage I don't have access to it as I am used to. Was hoping black or grey hull could solve that. oh well. What to do...

Never been an issue, does it get hot, yeah, but no hotter than the vinyl sitting in the sun. On the 25, you have a walk through, never really standing on the gunwale anyway. I have the BTS, so my arm is always sitting on the black. (Arm hanging out of the window) Never an issue.

Fiberglass platform all the way for me, the new ones are really nice, sits right on the water, the gray pad is nice, no maintenance.